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On the probable number of the native Indian population of British America: From the proceedings of the Canadian Institute

by: Lefroy, John Henry (Sir), 1817-1890. (author)

Publication date: 1853
Topics: Indians of North America--Statistics, Indiens d'Amérique--Amérique du Nord--Statistiques, 1844
Publisher: Printed by Hugh Scobie (Toronto)
Collection: peel_print; peel; university_of_alberta_libraries; toronto
Language: English
Item Size: 7.0M

Lefroy, John Henry (Sir): 1817-1890. English military officer and scientist; conducted magnetic survey of Canada, from Lachine to Fort Simpson, 1843-1844, which established his reputation as a geographer; in charge of magnetic observatory in Toronto, 1844-1853; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1848, and Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, 1853; returned to England (Dictionary of National Biography). // Lefroy began his research on his own magnetic surveying expedition by talking to traders and missionaries, then gathered other numbers from published and unpublished sources. While he cast his net over all of British America, some of the text and tables include numbers for Natives of the Canadian prairies.